what's the best way to show off Amiga Emulator ?
Law
can anyone please suggest some Demo, games whatever to show off the best
of Amiga under a emulator special its Graphic/sound capacity (this is
what Amiga famous for,right ? )
and for a Amiga newbie where can i find more info. how to use a amiga
,thx
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Dave
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> can anyone please suggest some Demo, games whatever to show off the best
> of Amiga under a emulator special its Graphic/sound capacity (this is
> what Amiga famous for,right ? )
>
> and for a Amiga newbie where can i find more info. how to use a amiga
> ,thx
Spaceballs 'State of Art'
Mad Elks "Technolgical Death'
Problem is they have some hardcore Copper routines that the emulator has
a problem with.
Any Amiga questions, just ask!
Dave
* Team Amiga *
Law
> Spaceballs 'State of Art'
yeah just see that and make me ask this post
> Mad Elks "Technolgical Death'
any other suggestion ? what about games or real Apps ?
Dave
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> any other suggestion ? what about games or real Apps ?
>
Games are harder, back when the Amiga was in its prime so were the games,
I remember when I was younger staying up all night with 'Ports of Call',
and 'WINGS', they were nothing special but just alot of fun. The demos
are what show off the Amiga, if you want some NICE effects like 'Jello
Vectors' look at any by 'The Silents' or 'Melon Design' I was a Demo
junkie, I coded a couple, and still to this day the guy I look up to is
'Corsair' A masterpiece if you want to see the copper at its best is
'Angels - Coppermaster' It will push the emulator to the max, its best
seen on a true Amiga. Use WB 1.3 and NO accelerator.
If you cannot find it on the net I can pass it along.
Law
yeah if you can give me some link to find those cool demo will be appreciate,
also do the best/coolest demo will not run on emulator since they all are
emulate A500 /1000 which was the oldest in Amiga line. or do all the Amiga
almost had the same graphic /sound capacity .the only different is later
model had AGA chip (to whatever it is)
Dave
> yeah if you can give me some link to find those cool demo will be appreciate,
>
> also do the best/coolest demo will not run on emulator since they all are
> emulate A500 /1000 which was the oldest in Amiga line. or do all the Amiga
> almost had the same graphic /sound capacity .the only different is later
> model had AGA chip (to whatever it is)
The demos use alot of the copper, this is where the power of the machine
comes in and the emulator has a very hard time emulatimg these copper
routines. All the Amiga's can show the graphics the same, all the AGA
did was add 256 colours, myself I found it pointless as a graphics card
is a much smarter idea.
I can email you some of the demos if you wish.
Law
> The demos use alot of the copper, this is where the power of the machine
> comes in and the emulator has a very hard time emulatimg these copper
> routines.
what exactly is the copper routines ?
> All the Amiga's can show the graphics the same, all the AGA
> did was add 256 colours, myself I found it pointless as a graphics card
> is a much smarter idea.
AGA add 256 color ? do Amiga already can do 256 color before AGA at least from what
i see at UAE it is sure do 256 color.
> I can email you some of the demos if you wish.
can you upload it some ftp or web space so i can d/l them later ? i am only on a
56K modem not a good idea to email large file.
thx
Dave
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> what exactly is the copper routines ?
>
> i see at UAE it is sure do 256 color.
The original Amiga could show 32 colours, (5 bitplanes) or 4096 in HAM
mode. So the workbench never looked very colourfull. The AGA added 256
colours (8 bitplanes) think of it as the VGA on the PC.
Even though it was only 32 colours you have to remember the PC was still
EGA and CGA much less colours.
The copper puts alot of preasure on the emulator, as its not chips but
software emulation, it will never be as fast. But when coded correctly
you can create some amazing effects and colours, I did a couple of demos
just using the copper.
Where can I FTP the demos to for you?
anti...@nowhere.com
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>
>and for a Amiga newbie where can i find more info. how to use a amiga
>,thx
>
Check the FAQ for a command reference and other pointers.
Joachim Froholt
Law wrote:
> can anyone please suggest some Demo, games whatever to show off the best
> of Amiga under a emulator special its Graphic/sound capacity (this is
> what Amiga famous for,right ? )
>
> and for a Amiga newbie where can i find more info. how to use a amiga
> ,thx
>
Although this isn't really on-topic in this newsgroup, I'd advise you to
check out the demo section in Back 2 the Roots (at
http://back2roots.emuunlim.com/ ).
They've rated all the demos, but be warned: You'll need a pretty hefty setup
to run some of the demos there.
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ICQ: 52425516
Petteri Valli
> can anyone please suggest some Demo, games whatever to show off the best
> of Amiga under a emulator special its Graphic/sound capacity (this is
> what Amiga famous for,right ? )
Some demos everyone should see: Pulse and Relic by NerveAxis, Ride on our
enemies by Skarla, Smokebomb by Ozone, Concrete by Ephidrena and Arte by
Sanity =)
But I don't think u get many fps's with emulator...except the arte could
run fine ;)